公开(公告)号：US11822132B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US17892716

申请日：2022-08-22

Applicant: Panduit Corp.

Inventor： Gregory L. Kuffel ,  Joel D. Kwasny

IPC: G02B6/38

CPC classification number: G02B6/3882 ,  G02B6/381 ,  G02B6/383 ,  G02B6/387 ,  G02B6/3831 ,  G02B6/3893 ,  G02B6/3898 ,  G02B6/3825 ,  G02B6/3885

Abstract: In accordance with the following description, an optical communication connector includes a ferrule having retractable alignment pins that are actuable between an extended position and a retracted position. For example, the connector may include an inner housing assembly having optical fibers and an outer housing positioned over the inner housing assembly. The outer housing is shaped to be removable from the inner housing assembly, which has a movable pin clamp mechanically coupled to alignment pins for aligning the connector with another connector. The pin clamp may be slid from a first position (corresponding to a male gender) to a second position (corresponding to a female gender). Separately or in combination with changing gender, the polarity of a communication connector may be changed due to its inclusion of an asymmetric polarity-changing feature that is actuable by an installer to change a polarity of the communication connector. Such a feature may be actuated by being moved from a first position to a second position relative to the communication connector.

公开(公告)号：US20230358791A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-09

申请号：US18224788

申请日：2023-07-21

Applicant: Panduit Corp.

Inventor： Rachel M. Bugaris ,  Michael J. Ellis ,  Donald L. Wallace

IPC: G01R19/155 ,  G01R31/327

CPC classification number: G01R19/155 ,  G01R31/3275

Abstract: An absence of voltage detection system has an isolation module connected to a voltage source to be detected an I/O accessory module connected to the isolation module wherein the I/O accessory module is configured to allow remote activation of the isolation module.

公开(公告)号：US11811181B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US16950177

申请日：2020-11-17

Applicant: Panduit Corp.

Inventor： Benjamin S. Novak ,  Satish I. Patel ,  Sean W. Lenz ,  Roman J. Churnovic ,  Robert E. Fransen ,  Robert L. Fritz

IPC: H01R4/242 ,  H01R13/627

CPC classification number: H01R4/242 ,  H01R13/6272

Abstract: A communications connector has a main plug assembly and a wire cap that is configured to terminate a pair of conductors to the pair of contacts by being secured to a side of the main plug assembly in a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by a deflection direction of a latch of the connector. In another embodiment, a communications connector has a main plug assembly and two electrical contacts within the main plug assembly wherein each electrical contact has a first end having a forked receptacle and a second end having an IDC that is configured to have a conductor terminated in a direction perpendicular to a direction of mating insertion and parallel to a plane defined by the contact.

公开(公告)号：US11799232B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US17392979

申请日：2021-08-03

Applicant: Panduit Corp.

Inventor： Benjamin S. Novak ,  Satish I. Patel ,  Roman J. Churnovic

IPC: H01R13/506 ,  H01R13/659 ,  H01R31/06 ,  H01R13/28 ,  H01R24/84

CPC classification number: H01R13/506 ,  H01R13/659 ,  H01R31/06 ,  H01R13/28 ,  H01R24/84

Abstract: An electrical coupler has first and second housing halves and first and second contacts retained within the first and second housing halves. Wherein the first housing half is identical to the second housing half and the first contact is identical to the second contact.

公开(公告)号：US11768327B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-26

申请号：US17942430

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: Panduit Corp.

Inventor： Richard J. Pimpinella ,  Jose M. Castro ,  Asher S. Novick ,  Yu Huang ,  Bulent Kose

IPC: G02B6/028 ,  H04B10/69 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/4912 ,  H01S5/183 ,  G02B6/12

CPC classification number: G02B6/0288 ,  G01S7/4818 ,  G01S7/4917 ,  H01S5/183 ,  H04B10/691 ,  G02B2006/12121

Abstract: A test apparatus has at least one optical source, a high-speed photodetector, a microcontroller or processor, and electrical circuitry to power and drive the optical source, high-speed photodetector, and microcontroller or processor. The apparatus measures the frequency response and optical path length of a multimode optical fiber under test, utilizes a reference VCSEL spatial spectral launch condition and modal-chromatic dispersion interaction data to estimate the channels total modal-chromatic bandwidth of the fiber under test, and computes and presents the estimated maximum data rate the fiber under test can support.

公开(公告)号：US11709331B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-25

申请号：US17834576

申请日：2022-06-07

Applicant: Panduit Corp.

Inventor： Thomas M. Sedor ,  Jerry A. Wiltjer ,  Robert A. Reid ,  Joseph E. Sanders ,  Joel D. Kwasny ,  Bon B. Sledzinski

IPC: G02B6/00 ,  G02B6/44 ,  G02B6/38

CPC classification number: G02B6/4452 ,  G02B6/3897 ,  G02B6/4453 ,  G02B6/4455

Abstract: The present invention provides modular trays having cutout features that are configured to engage with a mounting feature of one or more removable rails. The removable rails may be removably secured to a tray body in a plurality of positions to allow a user to install or uninstall rails to support different sized fiber optic modules. For example, a tray may support a twenty-four optical fiber module, two twelve optical fiber modules, or three eight optical fiber modules. Fiber optic enclosures housing the trays can be affixed to the outside of a fiber optic enclosure and allow for easy stacking and unstacking.

公开(公告)号：US11706894B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-18

申请号：US17179718

申请日：2021-02-19

Applicant: Panduit Corp.

Inventor： Jason O'Young ,  Kevin M. Zumbek

IPC: H05K7/14

CPC classification number: H05K7/1491

Abstract: A cable manager connected to a network rack that routes cables in and around the network rack. The cable manager includes a body with plurality of fingers extending from the body. The distal end of at least one finger includes a hinge pin holder. The cable manager also includes a door hingedly attached to the fingers extending from the body. The door has a front, a back, edges, and at least one hinge pin receptacle positioned along the edges of the door. The hinge pin receptacle houses a magnet to enable the door to attach to the hinge pin holder of the at least one finger to hold the door in a closed position.

公开(公告)号：US11693199B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-04

申请号：US17088724

申请日：2020-11-04

Applicant: Panduit Corp.

Inventor： Benjamin J. Berridge ,  Robert A. Reid

IPC: G02B6/43 ,  G02B6/44

CPC classification number: G02B6/43 ,  G02B6/4453 ,  G02B6/4471

Abstract: A cassette module has three 16 fiber MPOs and four 12 fiber MPOs wherein each 16 fiber MPO has 4 fiber receiving areas with four fibers going to each fiber receiving area and each 12 fiber MPO has 3 fiber receiving areas with four fibers going to each fiber receiving area. Fibers are routed from certain areas of the 16 fiber MPOs to those of the 12 fiber MPOs in order to convert a base 12 communication system to a base 16 communication system.

公开(公告)号：US11673704B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US17498913

申请日：2021-10-12

Applicant: Panduit Corp.

Inventor： Marc R. Obenshain ,  Thuc K. Vu

IPC: B65C9/42 ,  B65C9/00 ,  B65C9/18 ,  B65H35/00

CPC classification number: B65C9/42 ,  B65C9/0006 ,  B65C9/1865 ,  B65H35/0066 ,  B65H2701/194

Abstract: A mechanism used to select a label size to be applied to a cable in a label applicator. The mechanism includes an index plate, an index arm, and a wedge carrier. The index arm is pivotably mounted to the index plate and the wedge carrier is mounted to the index plate. The wedge carrier has guide rollers that dictate a label path. The index arm moves the index plate which linearly moves the wedge carrier thereby adjusting the label path in the label applicator.

公开(公告)号：US20230155681A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US17987368

申请日：2022-11-15

Applicant: Panduit Corp.

Inventor： Richard J. Pimpinella ,  Jose M. Castro

IPC: H04B10/2525 ,  G01M11/00 ,  H04B10/2581

CPC classification number: H04B10/2525 ,  G01M11/30 ,  H04B10/2581

Abstract: A method for determining if a graded-index glass optical multimode fiber has a refractive index profile that will compensate modal dispersion with chromatic dispersion when used in an optical channel having a multimode vertical cavity surface emitting laser has at least two weighting functions. The functions are used to compute the relative mode group delays over two radial offset regions within the core of the optical fiber. The peak group delay of the of the higher-order fiber mode distribution is less than the peak group delay of the lower-order mode distribution.